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Illustration of Tel Aviv University's Prof. Yuval Ebenstein's new blood test, which uses a DNA chip to detect a tumor’s biological fingerprint. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
September 7, 2026, 11:00 am
$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows
Tel Aviv University researchers develop simple chip that skips DNA sequencing; findings can pave the way for earlier cancer diagnostics and real-time treatment monitoring
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Abd Al-Roof Higazi, director of the Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Division at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem (Courtesy/Hadassah Medical Center)
September 10, 2025, 5:48 am
Israeli plasma filter promises cutting-edge solution to life-threatening bleeds
ClearPlasma device gets rid of anti-clotting proteins in blood that can endanger trauma victims or surgery patients, researcher says, marking rare advance in oft-overlooked field
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Nathalie Q. Balaban, left, with Dr. Raya Faigenbaum-Romm in Balaban's microbiology lab at the Racah Institute of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Courtesy/Zohar Binyamin)
August 26, 2025, 6:01 pm
Using novel method to compare subgroups, Israeli researchers unlock bacteria’s secrets
Hebrew University scientists say their ‘Microcolony-seq’ tool could lead to more precise targeting of antibiotics and vaccines and become a boon to public health
By Diana Bletter
Michael Galbard, 69, who was given a new treatment for a pulmonary embolism at Hadassah Medical Center. (Courtesy: Hadassah Medical Center)
January 3, 2023, 9:44 pm
No-knife procedure to avoid some open heart surgeries is now in Israel
Pulmonary embolisms that can’t be treated by drugs can now be sucked out by tech newly deployed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital — instead of requiring invasive operation
By Nathan Jeffay
Rambam Health Care Campus physicians Dr. Shai Menachem, left, and Dr. Ory Keynan, perform back surgery using the anterior-to-psoas method for the first time in Israel. (Courtesy of Rambam Health Care Campus)
August 23, 2022, 10:57 am
New to Israel: Back surgery via the waist, using advanced keyhole method
An 80-year-old woman becomes the first Israeli to receive a spinal fusion operation — which normally involves opening up the back — via a tiny incision in the waist instead
By Nathan Jeffay
Attendees at the Global Wellness Summit in 2021. (Courtesy)
July 24, 2022, 5:56 pm
World’s largest wellness conference to make Tel Aviv debut this year
Three-day Global Wellness Summit to host entrepreneurs, executives in fields like health tech, beauty and spa, food tech, fitness, hospitality
By Deborah Danan
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